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To advance infection prevention and control by advocating for our members and providing access to evidence-based resources, education and networking opportunities.

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Learn all about IPAC Canada’s long history, starting with our founding meeting in Montreal in 1976.

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An Infection Prevention and Control Professional (ICP) is an individual who is primarily responsible for development, implementation and evaluation of, and education related to policies, procedures, and practices that impact the prevention of infections.

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Guardians of the Invisible. A Tribute.

IPAC Canada Board of Directors

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IPAC Canada’s complete list of news releases and briefs.

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Meet IPAC Canada’s honourary members.

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Meet IPAC Canada’s past presidents.

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Your donation will add to the resources IPAC Canada requires to provide its members with the support they need to ensure the safety of patients, residents, and staff, and to advocate for stronger infection prevention and control programs across the continuum of care.

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Find out how to get in touch with IPAC Canada.

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This hybrid online and in-person course will offer intensive training for IPAC professionals, focusing on Long Term Care (LTC). Although this regulatory requirement is specific to Ontario, the skills and knowledge gained from this course will be valuable for professionals in all provinces.

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An Infection Prevention and Control Professional1 (ICP) is an individual who is employed with the primary responsibility for development, implementation, evaluation, and education related to policies, procedures, and practices that impact the prevention of infections.

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Being prepared makes all the difference. Join our mission to advance infection prevention and control. You may renew an existing IPAC Canada membership via your personal Online Membership Account if you created one for yourself in the past.

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Employment Opportunities will be posted to this page, included in bi-monthly e-news, and forwarded to a regional chapter or sector of membership (if appropriate).

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Our annual report archives contain all of IPAC Canada’s current and previous reports.

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Complete information about our annual general meeting, elections and reports.

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The Mentorship Program not only serves to assist mentees progressing through various stages of knowledge in their career, and also those considering moving into leadership roles within IPAC Canada, such as chapter executive positions, or board member positions.

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Important Dates and Deadlines

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The IPAC Program Audit Tool (PAT©) is designed for internal auditing of a health care organization’s IPAC program, to verify that the IPAC program standards are being met. The PAT© may also be used as part of an organization’s ongoing quality improvement program and/or to prepare for external audits (audits carried out by outside agencies such as Accreditation Canada). The audit tool has been condensed into a standalone workbook for the convenience of the auditor.

Click the PAT icon at left to find out more, and download this valuable tool.
HandyMetrics and IPAC Canada have partnered to transform the IPAC Canada Audit Toolkit into an easy-to-use App. The App is free to members who are affiliated with an organization that provides healthcare directly to patients in Canada.

Click the icon at left to find out more and get started.
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Home Resource Centre National Infection Control Week One Health and Environmental Stewardship

One Health & Environmental Stewardship

Infection prevention and control (IPAC) practices are both impacted by and contribute to climate change
and pollution. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified climate change as the greatest global
threat of the 21st century. Canada is warming more than twice as fast as the global rate, and the
Canadian Arctic almost four times as fast. The health of humans, animals, and ecosystems are closely interlinked. Changes in these relationships can increase the risk of new human and animal diseases developing and spreading.

One Health

One Health is at the intersection of human health, animal health, and environmental health. The most commonly used definition shared by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the One Health Commission is: One Health is defined as a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach—working at the local, regional, national, and global levels—with the goal of achieving optimal health outcomes recognizing the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment.

The term One Health first came into usage after the SARS pandemic in 2003 and the spread of avian influenza, H5N1. The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has further demonstrated the close connection between humans, animals, and the shared environment. Through the One Health lens, public health initiatives will focus on surveillance and upstream interventions that provide benefits for the health of animal, human and ecosystems.

Source: One Health University of Calgary

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One Health & Environmental Stewardship

Infection prevention and control (IPAC) practices are both impacted by and contribute to climate change
and pollution. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified climate change as the greatest global
threat of the 21st century. Canada is warming more than twice as fast as the global rate, and the
Canadian Arctic almost four times as fast. The health of humans, animals, and ecosystems are closely interlinked. Changes in these relationships can increase the risk of new human and animal diseases developing and spreading.

One Health

One Health is at the intersection of human health, animal health, and environmental health. The most commonly used definition shared by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the One Health Commission is: One Health is defined as a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach—working at the local, regional, national, and global levels—with the goal of achieving optimal health outcomes recognizing the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment.

The term One Health first came into usage after the SARS pandemic in 2003 and the spread of avian influenza, H5N1. The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has further demonstrated the close connection between humans, animals, and the shared environment. Through the One Health lens, public health initiatives will focus on surveillance and upstream interventions that provide benefits for the health of animal, human and ecosystems.

Source: One Health University of Calgary

One Health Resources

IPAC Canada Resources

PHAC

WHO

CDC

CFIA

Public Health Ontario

Other

Environmental Stewardship

The negative environmental impacts from health care begin with raw materials and manufacturing. Disposable medical equipment use more than doubled between 2005 and 2020. Health care, despite having a goal of doing no harm, is a significant contributor to climate change and if it was a country, health care would have the fifth largest carbon emissions in the world. IPAC practices have a global impact as well as responsibility, including the stewardship of resources.

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